Eliezer Yudkowsky — Education: Self-taught; no formal university education
The Wikipedia source directly confirms the claim. The 'Personal life' section explicitly states 'Yudkowsky is an autodidact and did not attend high school or college.' This confirms both the self-taught/autodidact aspect and the lack of formal university education. The claim mentions 'dropped out of school at age 12' which is not explicitly stated in the source, but the source does confirm the core claim about being self-taught with no formal university education. The source does not contradict the age 12 detail—it simply doesn't mention it.
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- Eliezer Yudkowsky
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- Self-taught; no formal university education
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- Autodidact; dropped out of school at age 12; taught himself AI and mathematics
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1 src · 1 checkNoteThe Wikipedia source directly confirms the claim. The 'Personal life' section explicitly states 'Yudkowsky is an autodidact and did not attend high school or college.' This confirms both the self-taught/autodidact aspect and the lack of formal university education. The claim mentions 'dropped out of school at age 12' which is not explicitly stated in the source, but the source does confirm the core claim about being self-taught with no formal university education. The source does not contradict the age 12 detail—it simply doesn't mention it.